Stephen Strasburg will reportedly be shut down in the postseason

We’ve heard the rumbles regarding the innings limit that the Nationals have Stephen Strasburg on. The whole idea sounds fine until you’re in the thick of a pennant race. That’s when you have to decide just how serious you are about keeping arguably your best pitcher on an innings limit. And with the Nationals leading the NL East and poised to make the playoffs, one would think that the Nationals would ease up on their insistence on limiting Strasburg’s innings.